Modern SCADA for Utilities: Interoperability, Edge Intelligence, and Cybersecurity

Utilities are entering a new era where increasingly distributed assets, aging infrastructure, and rising cybersecurity threats demand more intelligent and interoperable SCADA systems. Traditional SCADA was built for monitoring and control—modern SCADA must also support real-time analytics, AI-driven decision-making, and secure integration across IT, OT, and cloud environments.

This panel brings together utility operators, SCADA architects, cybersecurity experts, and solution providers to discuss how SCADA platforms are evolving to meet these new operational and regulatory challenges. Panelists will explore how edge intelligence, open standards, and AI-enabled automation are reshaping the way utilities manage resilience, reliability, and system performance.

Key discussion areas include:

• Interoperability and open architectures: breaking vendor lock-in and enabling communication across diverse devices, protocols, and legacy systems

• Embedding intelligence at the edge: deploying machine learning and anomaly detection directly at substations, field devices, and remote assets

• SCADA–IT–OT convergence: designing architectures that safely bridge operational networks with modern analytics and cloud capabilities

• Cybersecurity in a connected grid: defending SCADA systems against evolving threats while maintaining uptime and regulatory compliance

• Migration strategies: how utilities can upgrade legacy SCADA in phases without jeopardizing operations

• Real-world implementation challenges: latency, bandwidth constraints, field conditions, and workforce readiness

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Attendees will gain a clear understanding of how modern SCADA can serve as the digital backbone for a smarter, safer, and more adaptive utility network—and what practical steps organizations can take to begin modernizing today.